Low Budget V High Budget Institution

Institutions- Production and Distribution Frozen is a high budget institution. It was released in 2013 and produced by Walt Disney Animation

Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

The Blair Witch Project is a low budget institution. It was released in 1999 and produced by Haxan Films and distributed by Artisan Entertainment.

Budget

To produce Disney’s Frozen it came to a budget of $150 million.

To produce The Blair Witch Project is came to a budget of just £25,000.

How Much Money Did Each Film Make? Frozen is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time and made

$1.072 BILLION which shows it is an extremely high budget institution.

The Blair Witch Project made $240.5 million.

How Well Known Are The Production Companies? Walt Disney Animation Studios

• Walt Disney Animation Studios have made short films for 91 years.

• The studio has produced 53 feature films, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 to Frozen in 2013.

• The highest grossing traditionally-animated film of all time (The Lion King).

• The largest film premiere with over 100,000 viewers (Pocahontas).

• The most expensive animated film ever made costing $260m (Tangled).

• The first Disney animated film to gross $1 billion to win the Academy Award For Best Animated Feature (Frozen).

Haxan Films

• They are only really famous for producing the cult classic independent horror film The Blair Witch Project.

• The company was founded by five graduates of the University of Central Florida Film Program.

Differences Between The Institutions

Walt Disney

• Found in October 16, 1923

• Made top selling well known films such as Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.

• Walt Disney have produced 53 films, over half of what Haxan Films have made.

Haxan Films

• Found in 1999.

• Only famous for one well known film.

• Made just 24 films.

Other Films Each Production Company Has Made

Walt Disney• The Lion King (1994)

• Pinocchio (1940)

• Tangled (2010)

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

• Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Walt Disney were also very successful with these films as Snow White was the first animated feature in technicolour and Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the only nominee for Best Picture to be traditionally-animated.

Haxan Films• Lovely Molly (2011)

• Seventh Moon (2008)

• Four Corners of Fear ( 2013)

• Exists (2014)

• Altered (2006)

• Haxan Films have never achieved anything and these are not very well known films, especially when compared to films such as The Lion King which is extremely popular.

Genre

• Walt Disney Animation Studios are commonly known for producing children’s films.

• Haxan Films are known for horrors.

It is important that a film company specialises in certain genres so when films are produced as they are more likely to be considered to produce their films.

Audience

• Walt Disney films are usually aimed at a younger audience and families. Although people of all ages still enjoy their films and many viewers are still of all ages.

• Haxan Films would appeal best to young adults/adults that would be in the legal age range for the certificates of these films which will always be a 12, 15 or 18 rating to be a good horror film.

Which Institution Outperforms The Other?

• I feel Walt Disney outperforms Haxan Films by a long way as Walt Disney have produced over twice as many films as Haxan Films have. Walt Disney have many more mindblowing achievements as well which Haxan Films haven’t achieved. This tells us that Walt Disney is a high budget institution where as Haxan Films are a low budget institution.